D-II day one district action kicks off at Meadowbrook

Published: May 19, 2017 8:00 AM

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BYESVILLE -- Day one of the Division II Eastern District Track and Field Championships ended with several local athletes advancing on to regional action by taking a top four finish in several finals contested.

Leading the local girls effort was the duo of Lilly Ritz of Cambridge and John Glenn's Karly Fahey who each captured first place finishes to secure their spot in the regional meet.

Ritz captured the win in the high jump with an effort of 5-02.00, and will have some local company at regionals with both Maria Johnson (2nd, 5-00.00) and Molly Eubanks (3rd, 4-10.00) of John Glenn advanced on.

Fahey collected the top spot in the pole vault with a winning effort of 10-00.00 for the Lady Muskies, while Cambridge will also have a pair of performers with Chloe Elliott (3rd, 9-00.00) and Claire Rocco (4th, 8-06.00) in action. Johnson of the Lady Muskies just missed out on qualifying in a second event finishing fifth with 8-06.00.John Glenn's Maddie McGee just missed out in the shot put with a best effort of 32-10.00.

Cambridge moved on in the girls 4x800 meter relay with the team of Savanaugh Anderson, Allie King, Maggie Goggin and Tess McConkey turning in a third place showing with a time of 10:29.20.

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Placing but failing to qualify for regionals was John Glenn's 4x800 meter relay team of Eubanks, Jenna Pethel, Bailey Johnson and Felicity Boykin after placing sixth with a time of 10:43.86.

In the girls team standings after day one action it was the Lady Muskies in first place with 35 points, with the Lady Bobcats second with 27.

John Glenn's Louie Reicher and Dalton Delancey of Meadowbrook each claimed first place finishes to lead the local boys' effort on day one.

Reicher took the top spot in the discus with a winning heave of 150-09, while Delancey claimed the pole vault title with a leap of 14-00.00 for the district championship.

Also punching his ticket to the regional level in the pole vault was Blake High of Cambridge who earned runner-up honors with 12-06.00. Both Noah St. Clair (6th, 11-00.00 and Garrett Cummings (8th, 10-00.00)of John Glenn tallied points but failed to move on.

In the long jump, both Nicholas Oliver of Cambridge and John Glenn's Joseph Clifford both qualified with Oliver finishing second (20-10.25) and Clifford coming in fourth place (20-02.75).

A pair of area 4x800 relay teams took a top four slot to qualify to regional action with the John Glenn combination of Isaiah Lilje, Dylan Curtis, Blake Lawrence and Kyler Brock taking third place (8:26.09) along with the Cambridge team of Ben Stillons, Cole Smith, Riley Endly and JayTyler McConkey who placed fourth (8:44.37) to secure the final regional spot.

Gabe Blackledge, Jacob Martin, Timmy Higgins and Garett Noll of Meadowbrook placed seventh (9:23.26) but missed out on a trip to the regionals.

St. Clairsville led the way in the boys team standings after day one action with 31 points, followed by John Glenn second (25) and Cambridge third (21). Meadowbrook holds down the fifth position with 12 points.

NEXT -- Action concludes at the Meadowbrook High Division II district on Saturday starting at 11:30 a.m.